GESIA announces its 4th edition of Annual Awards

Gujarat Electronics & Software Industries Association (GESIA), the only nodal representative association of ICT & Electronics Industry in Gujarat having over 265 members from various parts of Gujarat, today announced the fourth edition of ‘GESIA Annual Awards’ function will be held on Monday, May 9, 2011 at hotel Cambay Grand. Mr Shankar Aggarwal, IAS, Additional Secretary, Dept. of Information Technology, Govt of India will be the chief guest while Mr. Ravi Saxena, IAS Additional Chief Secretary, Science & Technology, Govt. of Gujarat will be the guest of honor at the function.

A national seminar on ‘Emerging Technologies, Trends and Opportunities for ICT Industries’ has also been organized coinciding with the occasion. Speakers from national level at the seminar include Mr N K Goyal, President, CMAI Association of India, Mr Pradeep Udhas, Partner KPMG Advisory Services and Mr Nivedan Sahani, Tata Teleservices Ltd., Ms Rama Vedashree & Mr Rajiv Vishnav, VP NASSCOM and Mr S Angiah, National Head-Adobe India; among others.

Announcing the holding of ‘GESIA AWARDS 2011 & SEMINAR’, Mr Jaimin Shah, President, GESIA, and Founder Director of Dev Information Technology Pvt. Ltd.said, “The ‘4th Annual Awards’ will honour the entities that have brought about a renaissance in the ICT & Electronics industry in the state, and have raised the bar of the state’s role and significance in the ICT & Electronics industry for the year 2009-2010. This year we are making award function as “Infortainment” rather “Entertainment”, so our members can get benefit along with recognition”

Mr Sunil Kakkad, VP GESIA & CMD SIS said, “This year, we have introduced newer categories such as Best Corporate Social Responsibility Company – Gujarat, (with the objective to develop a sense of social responsibility among corporate companies), Special Recognition to educational institutions ( to recognize institutions training best suitable young people for the ICT industries) and L&T IT Sez.”

An eminent jury, assisted by KPMG as a Knowledge Partner, has decided the awards by screening the application received. These Awards shall lay special emphasis on such Gujarat based ICT companies which were incorporated/ became operational since last 3 years and their performance in all categories shall be recognized,” added Jaimin Shah.

Promoters, Directors, Partners as well as CEO’s, CFO’s, Presidents and top executives of over 400 IT, ITeS, Telecom & Electronics companies of Gujarat State & from all India are expected to gather for the ‘4th Annual Awards’ function. Seminar will be witnessed by technocrats and engineers of leading companies from Software, BPO / KPO, Telecom / ISP and Electronics industry in the State of Gujarat. The main award categories recognises Gujarat’s Best Software Company, Best Call Centre/BPO/KPO, Best Electronics Company, Best Computer Hardware/System Integrator, Best Telecom Company, Highest Employment, Best Software Product Company, Best Innovation by an ICT Company etc. Also recognised are Non-Gujarat based ICT Companies for performance as best Computer Hardware/System Integrator Company and Highest Employment Generator.

Recently, GESIA arranged the first-ever interactive session with the Govt. of Gujarat to discuss both could work together to take Gujarat to new levels at the national as well as international level.

About GESIA:

Gujarat Electronics & Software Industries Association (GESIA) is a not-for-profit, industry led and industry-managed association. As a state level body, it provides a recognized platform for discussions & solutions of common issues as well as for networking amongst its members, professionals and Government officials. Over the years, GESIA
has formed various partnerships with National Level Industry Associations such as MAIT, NASSCOM, etc. to work with them as their partner in Gujarat.